Combined computing and recokd tape



Oct. 28. 1924. 1,513,214 D w. B. BETTs COMBINED COMPUTING AND RECORDTAPE Filed Aufl. 28 .I 1923 M! l ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 28, 1924.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM B. BETTS, OF JOHNSON'CITY, NEW YORK.

COMBINED COMPUTING AND RECORD TAPE.

Application filed August 28, 1923. Serial No. 659,785.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WTILLIAM B. Bn'r'rs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Johnson City, in the county of Broome and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Computingand Record Tape, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined computing and record tape for usein connection .with time clocks, and the invention has for its object toprovide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a tape for not onlyreceiving a record of the time of entrance and leaving of an employee,but further for computing and indicating the aggregate number of hoursthe employee was on duty, as well as computing and indicating theaggregate amount of compensationdue the employee for the number of hoursemployed for a predetermined Wage amount per hour.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a combined computing andrecord tape, which is simple in its structural arrangement, thoroughlyefficient in its use, accurate in its computation with respect to:computing the number of hours employed by one and the amount ofcompensation for such employment, and inexpensive to manufacture.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention,but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modificationscan be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereuntoappended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views zh Figure 1 is a plan view, brokenaway, of one form of a record tape, in accordance Y with this invention.

A Figure 2 is a like view of another form,

and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the form shown in Figure 1, unbroken.

A record tape in accordance with this invention, is formed of a bodyportion of any suitable flexible material, such as paper or fabric, orit may be set up of unusually thin metallic material, preferably thebody portion of the tape is formed from a narrow strip of paper of thedesired weight. In either form illustrated, the body portion of the tapeis formed with two sets of indications to provide for the computation ofthe number of hours an employee is on duty. Each set of indications isformed of a series of hour spaces, each divided in fractional divisionsof an hour. The fractional divisions are such as to indicate five, ten,fifteen or thirty minutes, by way of example, the fractional divisionsare illustrated to indi-V cate quarters of the hour. The number of hourspaces of each series can be any suitable number, by way of example, oneof the series consists of hour spaces from one to forty and the otherfrom one to eight, but the number of hour spaces of either series can beof any suitable number desired. The hour spaces of one series extend inan opposite direction with respect to the hour spaces of the otherseries.

Referring to Figure 1 of the drawings, 1 denotes the body portion of thetape which is provided with two series of hour spaces and with oneseries extending in an opposite direction with respect to the otherseries. The hour spaces of one series are indicated at 2 and the hourspaces of the other series at 3. The number of hour spaces 2 are greaterthan the number of hour spaces 3. Each hour space 2, as well as eachhour space 3, is divided into quarters, each quarter indicating fifteenminutes. The indications for dividing each hour space 2 into quarters offifteen minutes are indicated at 4, 5, 6, and the indications fordividing each hour space 3 into quarters of fifteen minutes areindicated 7, 8 and 9, but they are oppositely disposed with respect tothe indications 4, 5 and 6.

The spaces 2 are formed by transversely extending lines 10, and atransversely extending line 11. The spaces 3 are formed by transverselyextending lines 12 and the transversely extending line 11. Theindications 4, 5 and 6, of each of the spaces 2, consist of thetransversely extending lines 13, 14 and 15 and with the line 13 leadingto the number fifteen, the line 14 leading to the number thirty and theline 15 extended to the number forty-five.

The indications 7, 8 and 9 of the spaces 3, consist of the lines 16, 17and 18 and with the line 16 leading to the number fifteen, the

Aat one end i's provided secutively from .body portion kand is proviying, from one edge thereof.

face of the body portion 1, whereas' the transverse lines 13 to 18extend partly across theV body portion 1 from one edge thereof. Thetransverse lines 14 and 17 are ot greater length than the transverselines 13, 15, 16 and 18;

Each of the transverse lines 10 is provided at one end witha number, asindicated atV 19,'and the said numbers run Vconsecutively from one toforty. rllhe transverse line 11 witlr acipher or naught. Each of thetransverse lines 12 has one end: provided with a number, as indi catedat 2O and the said numbers run conone to eight.

VReferring to- Figure 2 ot the drawings, the ot the tape is indicated at21 ded with two series .of hour spaces and with the spaces of one seriesindicated at 22 and the Spaces of the other series at 23,. The spaces 22are formed by t sversely extending lines 24 and a transversely extendingline are; termedY by transversely extending lines 26 and-the transverseline 25. Each space 22 is provided with a series of divisions toconstitute fractions of an hour and each Vdivision represents fifteenminutes,v and the means to vconstitute said fractional divisions each otwhich line 30 lead- @ne of the transverse lines 30, has associatedtherewith theY number fifteen, ano-ther transverse line 30 hasassociatedtherewith the Vnumber thirty, and the other transverse line 30 has areindicated at 27, 23,. 29, Vand consists of a short transverse associatedtherewith the number' forty-live.V

Each ofthe spaces 23 isA divided into a series of divisions toconstitute the traction of an hour, as shown fifteen minutes, and themeans` to4 provide for such fractional divisions are indicated at 31,ywhich-include, transverse lines 34. One of the lines 34 has associatedtherewith the number iifteen, another of the lines 34 has associatedtherewith the number thirty, and the other of the lines 34 the numberfortytive. The transverselines 34 are shown to extendV from one edge otthe body portion 21.

Each of the transverse lines 24 is provided with number as indicated at35 and said numbers run consecutively from one to forty. rIhe transverseline 25, at one end, is provided withl acipher Vor naught 36. Each ofthe transverse lines 26 is provided at one endk with a number, asindicated at 37 and w, ith the said .numbers running consecutively 'fromone to, eight. 1

Each of the hour spaces 22 is furthermore 25, and the spaces 23l 32 and33 and provided with means opposing the traction- Y.

al hour indications 27, 23 and 29 to indicate the fractional portion ofa predetermined Vthe seventy-tive cent indication opposes thethreejquarters indication 29. y

Each or" the transverse lines 24, at its other end, is provided with anaggregate coni-V pensation indication andwhich is indicated at 41. Theaggregate compensation indica-V tions increase with respect to eachother, that is to say, 'or the tirst hour when the wage amount is onedollar, the indication 41 would be one dollar. dollars and for. thethird hour three dollars and so on with respect to the number ot' hourspaces 22 so that it forty hour spaces are employed the last aggregatecompensation amount would be forty dollars.

The other end ot the transverse line 25 is provided with a cipher ornaught, as at 42, so as tc indicate no compensation for the employee. fv

Each ot' the spaces 23oppo'site the indications V31, 32 and 33, isprovided with fractional compensation indications, as at 43, 44 and 45for the same purpose as the fractional compensation indications 38, 39and 40. Y

Each ci' the lines 26 has at the other endv ther-ect, an aggregatecompensation amount indication, and which is designated 46, and areemploycd'for theV same purpose as the aggregate compensation amountindications 41, as well as set up in a manner similar toy theindications 41. The indications 27, 23 and 29 are oppositely disposedwith respect to the indications 31, 32 and 33. llhe'indications 33, 39and 40 are opposite-ly disposedV with respect to the indications 43, 44andV 45. r1`he indications 41 are oppositely disposed with' respect tothe indicationsf46.

When using the form ot tape illustra-ted in Figure 1, the time ot entryoi the employee is stamped thereon, the tape beingl stampedV `in a likemanner as referred to*` in connec- For the second hour, two' tion withthe form Vshownin Figure 1, and

it will vnot only indicate the number of hours the employee was on duty,but willV also` compute the aggregate amo-unt lot compensation due theemployee for a predetermined wage amount per hour.

The hour spaces 3 are provided for the purpose of controlling firstent-ry on duty, if entry be at seven a. m. the rst day, the forwardshifting of the tape would be seven hour spaces, if the employee entersat six a. m. the forward shifting would be six hour spaces. The hourspaces 3 can be of a greater number than shown.

A tape, in accordance with this invention, is employed in connectionwith a time clock disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial Number662,978, led September l5, 1923, and such time clock includes means forshifting the tape to provide a proper record thereon so as not only tocompute the number of hours the employee was on duty, but also theaggregate amount of compensation due the employee for a predeterminedwage amount per hour.

With respect to the aggregate compensation due the employee, if onleaving, the tape is stamped between the indications 29 and 40 in thespace 22, between the numbers one and two, it would indicate that theemployee wasV on duty one hour and forty-five minutes and that hiscompensation would be one dollar and seventy-live cents.

In connection with the employment of a record tape, in accordance withthis invention, the tape is set at zero and if an employee enters onduty at eight oclock, the tape is shifted forwardly eight spaces andstamped by the time clock mechanism at the number eight of the space 3,and if the employee continues on duty until twelve oclock, the tape isshifted rearwardly twelve spaces so that it will be stamped at thenumber four to indicate that the employee was on duty four hourscomputing from zero. It will be assumed that the employee has a luncheonperiod consisting of one hour. On the return to duty the employee willmark in, but when marking in his time of entrance will be recorded atthe number three on the tape, the latter being shifted forwardly onespace for such purpose. Now it will be assumed that the employee quitsat four oclock and on marking out, the tape will be shifted rearwardlyfour spaces so that the time recorded will appear at the number seven,under such conditions indicating that the employee has worked sevenconsecutive hours and further Vhour spaces of each series beingindicating that the aggregate wage amount dicating the aggregate numberof hours the..

employee was on duty, as well as computing and indicating the aggregateamount of compensation due the employee for the number of hours employedfor a predetermined wage amount per hour. The record tape will indicatecontinuous service, and although the preferred embodiment of the recordtape, in accordance with this invention, is as illustrated anddescribed, yet it is to be understood that changes in the number of hourspaces of either series, as well as fractions of hours and compensationamounts can be had which will fall within the light of the invention asclaimed.

What I claim is l. A record tape comprising a flexible body portionhaving conventional means to constitute two series of hour spaces, eachprovided with hourly fraction indications, the hour spaces of eachseries being consecutively numbered and with the numbers of one seriesoppositely disposed with respect to the numbers of the other series.

2. A record tape comprising a flexible body portion having conventionalmeans to constitute two series of hour spaces, each provided with hourlyfraction indications, the

consecutively numbered and with the numbers of one series oppositelydisposed with respect to the nunr ers of the other series, and said bodyportion further provided with conventional means associated with eachhour space to indicate the aggregate amount of compensatlon due for thenumber of hours employed at a predetermined wage amount per hour.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature hereto.

WILLIAM B. BETTS.

